Jamal Karsli, a former German MP, with Syrian origins,  a political activist for more than 30 years and a strong supporter to the Syrian revolution since its start on March 15, 2011. Eqtsad, Zaman Alwasl business newspaper, has an opportunity to...

A  video   message purporting to show a Russian man abducted in  Syria  set a deadline of five days for the release of a detained Saudi national in exchange for the Russian's freedom, Reuters reported. The footage posted on YouTube showed a bearded man...

Syrian forces seized a suburb of Damascus on Thursday from rebels fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad in a push that has shored up government control of the capital's outskirts, state television reported. Assad's forces, backed by Shi'ite fighters from Lebanon,  Iraq...

Much of Syria, including the capital Damascus, was hit by a power cut late on Wednesday after rebels attacked a gas pipeline, state media said. "A terrorist attack on a gas pipeline that feeds a power station in the south has led to a power outage in the provinces and work to repair it...